Police down Islamabad as National Badminton begins

LAHORE: Pakistan Police made winning start as the 61st National Badminton Championship got underway here at the Wapda Sports Complex on Tuesday. On the opening day of the event matches of Men and Women were played in the team events. Pakistan Police made winning start as they beat

Islamabad by 3-1: Results: 1st singles: Zohaib Khan (Police) beat Ibrahim Asim (Islamabad) 21-11, 21-12; 1st doubles: Tahir Ishaq & Usama Abid (Islamabad) beat Masood & Ali Faraz (Police) 21-16, 21-14; 2nd singles: Tahir Khan (Police) beat Umair Khan (Islamabad) 21-13, 21-17; 2nd dubles: Tahir Khan & Zohaib Khan (Police) beat Qasim Rasheed & Ihsan Ullah (Islamabad) 21-18, 21-8.

Other results: Pakistan Railways beat Azad Jammu Kashmir 3-0: 1st singles: Akif Badar (Railways) beat M Hafeez (AJK) 21-7, 21-11; 1st doubles: Hamza Khan & Tabassum Ali (Railways) beat Hafeez & Mubashir (AJK) 21-18, 21-14; 2nd singles: P.A Nabeel (Railways) beat Akbar (AJK) 21-8, 21-11.

SNGPL beat Kheyber Pakhtunkhwa 3-2: 1st singles: Murad Ali (KP) beat Tayyab Shafiq (SNGPL) 21-5, 21-16; 1st doubles: Abuzar Rasheed & Jalees Konain (SNGPL) beat Murad Ali & M Afnan (KP) 21-15, 13-21, 21-10; 2nd singles: Danyaal Shahzada (KP) beat Aashan Tanveer (SNGPL) 21-17, 15-21, 21-11;2nd doubles: Tayyab Shafiq & Umer Jahanghir (SNGPL) beat Najam & Danyal (KP) 21-17, 21-18;3rd singles: Jalees Konain (SNGPL) beat Mekail Khan (KP) 21-16, 21-11.

New Khan beat Balochistan 3-0:1st singles: Waqar (New Khan) beat Saboor Khan (Balochistan) 21-10, 21-16; 1st doubles: Shaqa & Shahzaib (New Khan) beat Usama & Saboor (Balochistan) 21-7, 21-12; 2nd singles: Marib (New Khan) beat Usama (Balochistan) 21-14, 18-21, 21-18.

Pakistan Army beat SNGPL 3-1:1st singles: Ammarah Ishtiaq (Army) beat Umama Usman (SNGPL) 21-9, 21-13; 1st doubles: Zubaira Islam & Umama Usman (SNGPL) beat Alja Tariq & Sumiya Tariq (Army)21-11, 21-11; 2nd singles: Alja Tariq (Army) beat Zubaira Islam (SNGPL) 24-23, 21-7;